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Federal Agents Targeting Illegal Truck Drivers At Weigh Stations Nationwide<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Federal immigration agents are now working alongside state troopers at commercial truck weigh stations across the country as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on illegal commercial drivers, according to U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan.<\/p>\n

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Appearing on Fox News<\/a> on Tuesday, Homan said the Department of Homeland Security is partnering with the U.S. Department of Transportation<\/a> and state law enforcement agencies to identify commercial drivers who are operating trucks with improperly issued commercial driver\u2019s licenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of people we\u2019re looking for,\u201d Homan said. \u201cActually, some states we\u2019re actually working weigh stations with the troopers, trying to get these people as they\u2019re coming through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homan said more than 28,000 non-domiciled commercial driver\u2019s licenses have been revoked nationwide and acknowledged that obtaining driver records from some states has complicated enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re working very closely with many states,\u201d Homan said, adding that DHS is coordinating with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy while the Department of Justice pursues legal action against jurisdictions that refuse to share driver information.<\/p>\n

Enforcement expands beyond paperwork<\/h3>\n

The latest announcement builds on a series of recent commercial vehicle enforcement operations by state agencies focused on licensing violations, unsafe equipment, hours-of-service compliance and immigration-related offenses.<\/p>\n

Last week, FreightWaves reported that law enforcement agencies in Texas, Arizona and California had expanded commercial vehicle inspections targeting unqualified drivers and unsafe trucks. Those operations resulted in immigration arrests, equipment citations and drivers being placed out of service.<\/p>\n

Homan suggested the latest federal effort goes beyond revoking licenses by focusing on locating drivers who remain behind the wheel after their commercial driving privileges have been canceled.<\/p>\n

According to Homan, DHS agents are working directly with state troopers at weigh stations to identify those drivers during routine commercial vehicle inspections.<\/p>\n

Arizona stop highlights safety concerns<\/h3>\n

The enforcement push comes as Arizona authorities continue reporting cases involving commercial drivers operating without required credentials.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post<\/a>, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said on Tuesday a Highway Patrol Commercial Vehicle Enforcement trooper stopped a hotshot truck on June 26 along State Route 202 near Arizona State University after discovering numerous violations.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the driver lacked both a commercial driver\u2019s license and a required USDOT medical certificate. Inspectors also found that none of the trailer\u2019s brakes were functioning, meaning only the tow vehicle could stop the fully loaded 14,900-pound trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arizona troopers also cited exposed hubcaps and a missing emergency brake cable before placing the driver and vehicle out of service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 07\/09\/2026 – 22:35<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal Agents Targeting Illegal Truck Drivers At Weigh Stations Nationwide By Noi Mahoney of FreightWaves Federal immigration agents are now working alongside state troopers at commercial truck weigh stations across the country as the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on illegal commercial drivers, according to U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan. Appearing on Fox News on… Continue reading Federal Agents Targeting Illegal Truck Drivers At Weigh Stations Nationwide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":633105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=633104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/633105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=633104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=633104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=633104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}